‘Anonymous’ hackers realize intellectual property rules may have value after all [video]

Memo to foolhardy companies: Anonymous does not like having its Intellectual Property rights violated. The Register reports that the famed hacker collective is in a state of outrage because a French company called E-Flicker has filed a copyright application for Anonymous’s official headless-man logo and slogan.

“Their arrogance and ignorance of what they have done will not go unpunished,” the group threatened in a new YouTube video. “Anonymous will take down any business they have going on the internet and the ninety-nine per cent will not stop until the registration has been revoked and a public apology has been made. The name of Anonymous will not be the whore of the world.”